Sow-thistle for cattle-feeding.



To dllctohom z'zf may c mm; p c I i a a Befitiic no'wn thatI Grouse Liviirss'ronn 11 Dorms, a'citizen ofthe Dominion of Canada, esiding at, the city of f iVinnipeg, in the 'in ce of Manitoba-end ti ie honiinion of dag have invented certain newiwand use- Ii prouements inasowlfhistle for; Catseeing, of whicd the following is a cificati'on \j i e 4 y intention relates tame manufacture road product fromavhat is commonly n as the F sow thistle, (Sanchus area's) This plant is now iooiired upon and ea te d as: a' noxious Weed and in certain fparts ajof" the country has i become so much of a es toreqninespecialjlegislation toconexperiments however, have otflonlyis theplant improperly tawith proper treatment it able facethogs, cata The plant is high in proteincontents and low hing its value .as a fat uilder, and I have furthe plant is harvested inaifter set forth, its food v dandwin marketable shape. g to the present improven'ients I o 'harvestthe plants, roots as Well as ore; the lnutriment has all left the roots andf theq plantflhas become Woody, at some time brlous and'hard, that is to say, after 1 the plant hasjbeoome well developed before it has reached the flowering stage. sharvesttiine, under theconditions now: "1ng,Won1dbe when the plants are aplmately eighty days old, but under consofcultivation it is thought that this mightbe'greatly shortened; I a a lants arecut from four to six inches esurface of the soil, this depending hejlength of time they have been a1- d to grow andthe conseqi aent root deentfthe object being to secure as ai proportion or theioots :With the asipossible. After; being out the plant eallowed to dryin the field till the shavebecome wilted andthesteins and rtially dried anjd for ordinary farm be usedwas a cut feed. a a

gel stated the piant Qivill. have i '0? ofitsinherent mois' terwiii sti itbe apparr nextcto gather the oiants and to anqartificial heatfo if am ilim ee Spjecificationbf Letters Patentr f kfi ii mmase tember 2?, 915.- Serial Nd;

- tolfiO degrees Fahrenheit atlllgfI'OIll the lower to the higher telnperanext ground to eliminate the woody spirit of the invention.

es the plant at thisfstageofits treat nmates Mar. 7 191 preferably gradu ture, fora period ofseveral days, or such a time as will be sufficient to cause the fatty contents or the plantto thoroughly permeate the other portions th reof and the Whole to "b dryand' fri'ble. The

dried are hem to aipoyvder, and preferably fsifted to It iS have not responded to -the ment. By'ithis treatments produced from an other *"se noxloi possessing all thelfood ualities of first class lay, but in much iigh niuchrmore c'once ant product in e i the reduced prodli original no hot Water, in Q I ,be fed.t0 poultry, hogs,'etc., oritni'ay' be. jiX e dWith ground grain of difi'erent'foo'd values 'toi forln a balanced ration for stock ofall kinds.

It will be understood that the practice of the invention is'rno't to precise treatment herein described, but that it may be varied within the scope of the appended clain s without departing from the Havingthus fully described my said invention What I c1 secure by Letters 'Patent is 1. That food 'product which consists of berestricted to the ann as new and desire to sow thistle free fromwoody 'fioer dried and ground.

2. That food-- sow thistle dried Woody fiber.

8. That food product which consists of the roots and tops of sowxth'istle free from product i which consists of and ground and free from Woody fiber, dried and ground,

4. That improvement which consists in harvesting sow thistle before it has become Woody and fibrous then drying and grindmg 1t. g a

5. That improvement, which consists in harvesting sow thistle before reaching the flowering stagegthe drying and grinding it.

(5. That improve tvhich consistsin harvesting sow th ts and tops before they have becom d d fibrous, pard, their f'bjectatand grinding them. f 7. That i inproye'nient which consists in harvestingsow thistle-before it has become woody and fibrous then drying, grinding andsifting'it.

9. That improvement which consists" in harvesting sow-thistle roots and'tops before they have become .woody and fibrous, ar-

tially curing them in the field, then .sub ecting "them' to artificial heat, then grinding and sifting them. 7

10. A stock food-product consisting of' sow thistle roots and tops, dried ground and l sifted.

114A stock food -'product consisting of sow thistle dried, and ground. 12."That, improvement which consists in harvesting and drying sow thistle, then reducing it to a fineness adaptingit, for mixing with other ingredients.

n testimony w ereof -I afiix my signature inthe presenceof two witnesses.

' -GE0RGE LIVINGSTONE DODDS.

kWitnessesz G. S. VAN HALLEN,

Gt CONKLIN.'

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